diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62d3acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /source
+
+# copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
+COPY *.sln .
+COPY DotnetApiPostgres.Api/*.csproj ./DotnetApiPostgres.Api/
+RUN dotnet restore
+
+# copy everything else and build app
+COPY DotnetApiPostgres.Api/. ./DotnetApiPostgres.Api/
+WORKDIR /source/DotnetApiPostgres.Api
+RUN dotnet publish -c release -o /app
+
+# final stage/image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0 AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app ./
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "DotnetApiPostgres.Api.dll"]
diff --git a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/HttpFiles/create-person.http b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/HttpFiles/create-person.http
index bd79129..4ffd3ff 100644
--- a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/HttpFiles/create-person.http
+++ b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/HttpFiles/create-person.http
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ POST https://localhost:7294/api/people/ HTTP/1.1
 Content-Type: application/json
 
 {
-  "name": "Jane Doe"
+  "name": "John Doe"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 9eb48af..0c208ae 100644
--- a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@
       "Default": "Information",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
-  },
-  "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "default": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=PersonDb;Username=postgres;Password=Ravindra@123"
   }
 }
diff --git a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.json b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8..9b9e6b8 100644
--- a/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/DotnetApiPostgres.Api/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "default": "Host=192.168.x.x;Port=5432;Database=PersonDb;Username=postgres;Password=Ravindra@123"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65086f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+services:
+  web_api:
+    container_name: perons_api_app
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    depends_on:
+      - "db"
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    container_name: postgres_db
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Ravindra@123
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data: